Cyprus

The House education committee announced on Wednesday that schools and nurseries will soon be required to inform parents if their child is absent, as a new government decree is expected ...

The House education committee examined the budgets of the University of Cyprus and the Open University of Cyprus on Wednesday, highlighting pressing financial and administrative challenges.Deputy chair of the ...

A heated debate erupted in the House legal committee on Wednesday over proposed legislation regulating Easter bonfires, as authorities seek to enforce stricter safety measures ahead of the holiday. The ...

Turkish Cypriot politicians on Wednesday decried the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci was among the first to react to Imamoglu’s arrest, being ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos has called on the government to increase state funding to the unified municipality conceived through recent local administration reforms, as its new form demanded more spending ...

The public works department announced on Wednesday that a section of the Limassol-Nicosia motorway will be closed overnight on Thursday due to maintenance work. The closure will affect the stretch ...

Restoration work at Famagusta’s Saint Paraskevi church has been completed, bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris said on Wednesday. He explained that the church was built ...

Private rehabilitation centres on Wednesday expressed serious concern over a bill regulating the operation of the centres, saying that proposed legislation in practice equates them with nursing homes and may ...

It was unplanned, but I dined at Limassol restaurant Embers twice in seven days. But doing so gave a more representative impression than perhaps going once only would have. I ...

Plans for a new solar farm to be built in the buffer zone which separates Cyprus’ two sides are “being examined in the context of confidence-building measures”, transmission system operator ...

Deputy mayors of the newly amalgamated Polis Chrysochous municipality have raised the alarm over what they describe as ‘dysfunctional governance’, blaming the issues on an ill-planned local government reform. The ...

A new meeting over the possible opening of new crossing points between Cyprus’ two sides will take place next week, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday. Speaking upon ...

Residents who joined Nicosia municipality under the new local administration reform were in for a shock in March, when they started receiving inflated annual property tax bills. The bills appear ...

The Nicosia criminal court on Wednesday postponed until April 2 the case brought against a German real estate agent charged on 44 counts related to the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in ...

The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), connecting the electricity grids of Greece, Cyprus and Israel is now being handled on a diplomatic level as it has become a matter of foreign ...

A mortar shell about half a metre long was unearthed on Tuesday by builders working on a construction site in Peyia. Police cordoned off the area took possession of the ...

UNHCR Cyprus has raised concerns over a reported “pushback incident on March 14 involving three boats carrying approximately 80 Syrian nationals, including women and children, who had departed from Syria and reached ...

Larnaca district court issued a seven-day remand order against a man who was arrested after being caught with exactly €128,150 in cash and 442 grammes of cannabis on his person. The police ...

The National Guard on Wednesday announced that it had carried out a mock firefighting exercise with the aim of “testing the new fire management system” and “enhancing interoperability and cooperation”. ...

Autopsies on four of the seven victims recovered from the sea after their boat capsized off Cape Greco confirmed they had drowned, sources said on Wednesday. The examinations were conducted ...

Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was on Wednesday morning arrested, hours after his university degree was revoked and two days before his party the CHP was set to name him as ...

The Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2025 is set to become, once again, a one-of-a-kind platform of cinematic creativity. From April 4 to 12, audiences in Limassol and Nicosia can enjoy a rich ...

Thirteen million passengers are expected to pass through Larnaca and Paphos airports this year, Maria Kouroupi, Hermes Airports Director of Aviation Development, Marketing and Communications said on Wednesday, with an ...

By Martin Clark As director of Grampus Heritage and Training in the UK, I have been working to champion environmental projects in Cyprus since 1997. As a former head of the ...